This is one of my favorite sweaters ever! I am not just saying that because I spent a week making it either. I love that it is loose and long. There is no complicated increasing and decreasing to make a cut in waist or snug around the boobs. It is just a great every day sweater. You can put it over jeans or leggings and … Continue reading Breakers Tee
I got this pattern from Annie’s to make a set of coasters for my new patio furniture I plan to get this summer. I love the different stitches that they use to make the pattern stand out – especially the picot clusters that go around the edge. Click here for the pattern. So far I have made 2 of the circle coasters. The pattern works … Continue reading Color Burst Coasters ~ Pattern Review
My tips and tricks for making the Lacy Tote from All About Cotton by Leisure Arts. Continue reading Lacy Tote ~ Pattern Review
Clown Car by Every Trick on the Hook is Square 3 of the Moogly 2018 CAL. It is the first time I have ever been to this site and I love it. I have nothing to tell you on this one. She has written this pattern covering everything you could possibly ever wonder about. There are instructions at the start of each row that tell … Continue reading Clown Car Crochet Square – Moogly 2018 CAL Square 3
Gretchen is the second square in the Moogly 2018 CAL. It is from Julie Yeager Designs. This square is a little more complicated than others that have been in the Moogly CALs in the past but if you take your time you will be able to do it. I love it both in color and solid. My girl friend was over when I was working … Continue reading Gretchen Crochet Square – Moogly 2018 CAL Square 2
I am so excited about starting the Moogly 2018 CAL. I had so much fun working on last year’s CAL and donating the finished blankets to my local Ronald McDonald House I am doing it again. I am going to make each square in a solid gray so the finished blankets can be given to what ever little patient needs a blanket without worrying about … Continue reading Flower Burst Crochet Square – Moogly 2018 CAL Square 1
The Estelle Ponte Jacket by Style Arc was one of the patterns for February for the Sew My Style Challenge. I made mine using a soft knit fabric in off white I picked up at Joann’s. When I purchased the pattern for the jacket I spent some time looking around the Style Arc website and I fell in love. They have so many awesome patterns … Continue reading Estelle Ponte Jacket by Style Arc
Have you ever had a pattern book that you just can’t stop making things from? One of my favorites of all time is Poetic Crochet by Sara Kay Hartmann. Since I bought this book in February 2016 I have made almost a dozen shawls from it. So when it came time to pick a project for the first month of the Slay Your Stash CAL … Continue reading Siren Shawl
Recently my Mother In Law asked me to make her a hat. Now it isn’t unusual for her to ask me to make her something. I think at least 25% of everything I make is either for her and my Father In Law or it is something she orders to give as a gift to a friend. The reason it is unusual is she asked … Continue reading Crochet Puff Beret
I just finished a dress and I am so stinking excited. The Sunny Dress is a first for me in a lot of ways! First dress I have ever sewn. First knit I have ever sewn. First Indie pattern. First PDF pattern. First sewing make of 2018. First project for the Sew My Style Challenge. It was going to be the first piece for my … Continue reading Sunny Dress by Friday Pattern Co.
Blinking Cat Life 